Mapping subsurface pathways for contaminant migration at a proposed low level waste disposal site using electromagnetic methods
Electromagnetic methods have been used to measure apparent terrain conductivity in the downstream portion of a watershed in which a waste disposal site is proposed. At that site, the pathways for waste migration in ground water are controlled by subsurface channels. The channels are identified using isocurves of measured apparent conductivity. Two upstream channel branches are found to merge into a single downstream channel which constitutes the main drainage path out of the watershed. The identification and mapping of the ground water pathways is an important contribution to the site characterization study and the pathways analysis. The direct applications of terrain conductivity mapping to the planning of the monitoring program, the hydrogeological testing, and the modeling study are demonstrated. 7 references, 4 figures.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5288018
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840245-5; ON: DE84007538
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. symposium on management of uranium mill tailings, low-level waste, and hazardous waste, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 1 Feb 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ELECTRICAL SURVEYS
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